have a relentless focus on the economic good news day in and day out and i am curious to see if that becomes a major thread in this speech as he tries to frame the reelection argument. gloria, one source told cnn campaign officials are hoping this event will satisfy the president s thirst for the spotlight and reset the campaign s efforts. this is the 60th campaign rally for the president. so is there any reason to think that this event could move the needle? not necessarily. i think it might make the president feel a lot better. he s been upset lately because there has been a lot of attention on democratic candidates. you know he s been taking on joe biden every single day and he s upset at fox news because they have the tenacity to host town halls with all people, democrats. he didn t like that programming. he wants the spotlight back. he ll get it this evening. this is his kick off rally. as you point out, he s been rallying since the day he s got elected and raising money since
effect right away and the payroll taxes on medicare that bret referred to are applied, to my understanding, to those making more than $250,000 a year. there will be some taxes that will pay for subsidies for small businesses, that will kick in, but in the main, when the president begins to run for reelection, and that campaign reaches its maturity in 2012, what the president is saying, there have been insurance reforms and there have not been enormous implications for the federal decifit. in fact, the price will probably go down because the revenue will be selected collected before the benefits take their full effect. the white house will say remember the terrible stories you heard about the inflation and legislation? in fact it hasn t happened. that will be a reelection argument for the president. so there s a strategic approach to the white house s implementation of this and the president will refer to people in the audience today. connie anderson, the sister of natoma canfield fro